Francesco Alberto Gherardi 

Francesco Alberto Gherardi works at the UN System Staff College (UNSSC) Peace and Security Hub as Associate Learning Portfolio Manager (JPO), supporting learning initiatives on Women, Peace and Security, Gender Equality, Intersectionality, and Conflict Sensitivity. He is specialized in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law. Prior to joining UNSSC, he worked with the ICRC in humanitarian diplomacy, with the OSCE on conflict prevention and local-level mediation in Srebrenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina), with the UN Mission in South Sudan on peacebuilding and community engagement as Civil Affairs Officer in Bentiu, and led IOM Social Cohesion’s programme in Iraq.